Boris blasts Labour ‘jellies’ over EU divorce plan
BORIS Johnson branded Labour “supine protoplasmic invertebrate jellies” yesterday after accusing them of failing to rule out paying an £89billion Brexit divorce bill.
The Foreign Secretary blasted Labour’s hard-Left leadership in the Commons for failing to stand up for British interests in the negotiations and being willing to surrender to the EU.
The rowdy exchanges in Foreign Office questions also saw Mr Johnson accuse Labour of historically “supporting and conniving” with extremist Marxist regimes which were responsible for millions of deaths.
He backed calls for compulsory school history lessons on the “evils” of Communist regimes, to be taught alongside the Holocaust as a warning to the next generation.
The attack came after shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry provoked mocking laughter from Tory MPs when she accused Mr Johnson of “flip flopping” on Brexit. He replied that he believed the Opposition would “readily fork out” 100 billion euros to the EU.
He also claimed there was a “ruthless and iron consistency” about his and the Government’s approach to Brexit – while making his spineless jellies jibe about Labour.
Earlier, Tory MP Sir Hugo Swire pointed out that this month is the centenary of the October Revolution in Russia “which unleashed misery and purges against millions of people” and called for compulsory lessons on the dangers of Marxist regimes. Mr Johnson, a noted historian, answered: “Absolutely!”
Pointing at Labour’s leadership opposite, he added: “It is also worth reminding people that it was the Labour Party that sneered at working people who tried to rise up against such regimes.”
The issue of changing the curriculum to include compulsory lessons on the horrors of Marxist regimes was first raised by Ukip leader Henry Bolton, a former war crimes investigator, in the Daily Express last month.